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Nazca Polychrome Pottery Bowl w/ AMB Motif

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Description

Pre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A hand-built and stone-burnished pottery bowl of sizable form with a pair of Anthropomorphic Mythical Beings (AMBs) flying to their left with bodies lined with petite circular patterns meant to represent severed trophy heads. Size: 8.25" Diameter x 3.875" H (21 cm x 9.8 cm)

Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired before 2000

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Condition

Professional repair and restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light fading to original pigment, otherwise in nice condition. Great motifs across exterior.